Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the gzip(1) Command May Lead to Denial of Service (DoS) or Execution of Arbitrary Code (SUN 102766)

Original Release Date: February 7, 2007
Last Revised: August 26, 2008
Number: ASA-2007-034
Risk Level: Low
Advisory Version: 2.0
Advisory Status: Final

1. Overview:

A new Sun Alert Notification from Sun Microsystems has been issued and is described below. Issues which have been resolved by Sun Microsystems have been indicated as such. Notifications without a resolution may have restrictions to additional information on the sunsolve.sun.com website.

102766
Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the gzip(1) Command May Lead to Denial of Service (DoS) or Execution of Arbitrary Code
Product: Solaris 9 Operating System, Solaris 10 Operating System, Solaris 8 Operating System
Category: Security
Date Released: 08-Jan-2007
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102766-1

Avaya System Products using a Sun Microsystems Operating System:
Avaya system products include an Operating System with the product when it is delivered. The Avaya Call Management System (CMS) and the Avaya Interactive Response (IR) are both shipped with an operating system from Sun Microsystems. Actions to be taken on those products are described below.

Recommended Actions:
Follow the recommended actions for the products listed below. This advisory will be updated as additional information becomes available.

Product: Affected Version(s): Risk Level: Actions:
Avaya CMS None None gzip is not installed on CMS
Avaya IR 2.0, 3.0 Low For IR 2.0 on Solaris 8, Avaya recommends that customers install the Solaris 8 Patch Cluster for Avaya IR 2.0 Service Pack 2 from the Avaya support site to resolve this issue.

For IR 2.0 on Solaris 10, Avaya recommends that customers install the Solaris 10 Patch Cluster for Avaya IR 2.0 Service Pack 2 from the Avaya support site to resolve this issue.

For IR 3.0 on Solaris 10, Avaya recommends that customers install the Solaris 10 Patch Cluster for Avaya IR 3.0 Service Pack 2 from the Avaya support site to resolve this issue.

2. Additional Information:

Additional information may also be available via the Avaya support website and through your Avaya account representative. Please contact your Avaya product support representative, or dial 1-800-242-2121, with any questions.

3. Disclaimer:

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4. Revision History:

V 1.0 - February 7, 2007 - Initial Statement issued.
V2.0 - August 26, 2008 - Changed IR affected versions, IR recommended actions, and ASA status.

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